Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: November 13, 1850 - December 3, 1894

Topics

LifeGoodEnoughWayPoorOwn

In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y; and so on.

John Searle

DecisionSimpleMatterFactMany

Mr. Trump is an entertainer, bringing a rawness and wildness to the presidential race that no other candidate can come close to matching.

Anand Giridharadas

RaceMatchingCloseComeCandidate

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

Sidney Poitier

MyselfColorNeverHumanQuestion

In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy.

Lord Byron

HypocrisyVirtuePayHomageOnly

Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise is just paradise. Mournful, monotonous, and superficial though it may be, it is paradise. There is no other.

Jean Baudrillard

ParadiseDisneylandMaySantaJust

I play a Monk song, it's like you get possessed. And then you have to break that spell. You have to remind yourself that you are an individual, or that you aren't Thelonious Monk.

Jason Moran

YourselfSongYouPlayIndividual

I still assume that, any day, I'm going to be exposed as a fraud. That, like I once heard Gene Hackman say, the acting police are going to burst in and take away my card.

Chris Pine

DayPoliceActingSayFraudGoing

If you want to make a serious, rugged, reliable robot, you can start with the Create platform and just build stuff on top of it.

Colin Angle

StartYouCreateSeriousWantBuild

Where do I get the confidence to be different? A lot of it comes from curiosity. I spent years as a young man trying to understand the business I'm in. I have spent decades staying connected to how the rest of the world works.

Brian Grazer

ConfidenceBusinessManWorldRest

You can write anything you want on paper, like blowing up the bridge on the River Kwai, but when you actually have to do that as a director, it's not the same. Ninety percent of directing is not creative - it's putting the theoretical into the practical world.

Brian Helgeland

CreativeRiverBridgeWorldYou

If you are not happy when you're weightless, then something's wrong.

Brian Binnie

HappyYouWrongSomethingThen

Brushes are crucial for applying glazes, sauces, and oils. The pastry brushes that you find in homestores can be pricey so pay a visit to your local hardware store and pick up a few paint brushes which are less expensive and work equally as well.

Bobby Flay

WorkYouFindPayPaintExpensive

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